Semi-Official Air Mail:
Laurentide Air Services Limited
From 1924 to 1932, the Canada Post Office authorized airline companies to charge a fee for carriage of mail in northern Canada and issue their own stamps. The airline fee was in addition to Canadian postage. Airline company stamps were not to be affixed to the front of the envelopes.
Laurentide Air Services
Laurentide Air Service Ltd, carried out operations in both Québec and Ontario, including the first regular Canadian air-mail, passenger and freight service from Haileybury, Ont, to Rouyn, Qué (1924).
Rouyn Lake to London, England, October 22, 1924
4 cents Canadian postage paying letter rate to Great Britain
25 cents paying air mail rate from Rouyn to Haileybury
RATE SUMMARIES
- 1. Canadian Domestic Letter Rates From 1868 to the Present Day
- 2. Canada Domestic Local Letter Rates : 1851 - 1968
- 3. United States Letter Rates: 1851 to the present day
- 4. United States Air Mail Letter Rates : 1927 - 1976
- 5. Canadian Domestic Air Mail Rates : 1928 - 1954
- 6. United Kingdom and Empire/Commonwealth Letter Rates : 1859 -1971
- 7. Air Mail Letter Rates to the United Kingdom
- 8. International (Universal Postal Union) Letter Rates : 1892 to the present
- 9. Reduced International Letter Rates : Mexico, Cuba, West Indies and Central America, France, South America, and Spain
- 10. Links to Other Posts Dealing with Canadian Postal Rates
- 11. Revamped Centennials